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Sunday, 20 September 2015

Outfit: walk in the park

If you ever wondered just how far I would take my love of matching, this post is basically the answer. (Ok, no one ever wondered that ever, apart from me. And I already knew the answer.)

This far. You see, I've got this real habit of buying accessories because I think they might go with something I haven't even bought yet. Most of the time, it just results in things I never work out how to wear (I've got at least three belts I've never worn yet, for example). But sometimes, this backwards technique means I win at clothes. Because when I bought this polka dot headscarf, even I didn't think I'd ever match the whole print to something else. But whad'ya know... This top, incidentally, is one of my favourite buys from this year's Collectif summer range. And that was a tough choice, as I yet again bought most of it (and then some more because it's all 75% off right now).

But wait, that's not all folks. When I bought these coral sandals, how could I have known I would pick up a bag in a sale over a year later that was pretty much the exact same colour? I couldn't, but I did! And I'd resigned myself to these shoes never matching anything I owned - which was a shame, because they are really, really comfortable.These sandals are actually the shoes I take on holidays to places where there's actually warm weather as my walking-around shoes.

Although, it won't take a genius to work out I'm not in the south of France in these photos - nope, just an optimistic south of England. The sandals at least looked good for a long walk in a nature park, but boy my toes were freezing. And wet, because it rained of course.

oh yes yes yes I love those accessories!! I am guilty of buying things because they're cute and not thinking about how they'd mix and match with others ahahha. Luckily when it comes to accessories or shoes I tend to go for neutral colors ahahah :)

Ah, just a couple of bobby pins inserted at either side of the bottom of the band, pushed in in the direction of down towards my neck... I find if I slide them in from the direction of my neck, it doesn't add the resistance needed to stop things moving around. If the scarf if super slippery I'll add in one or two closer to my ears as well :)

I soooo adore that you're a fellow fan of matching. The harmony that such creates in an outfit can not be overstated and typically looks so chic, pulled together and glamorous - something that our stylish foremothers knew well. You are fantastic at this art, dear CiCi, and this beautiful, casual late summer ensemble personifies that fact marvelously.

This is really funny to me. I love that you are so excited about just how perfectly you can match things that you didn't buy together - there's something about that feeling that makes it seem like the universe is clicking into alignment. All in all, great look. I really like how the headscarf looks on you, and although I haven't read the high-waist jeans post, I'm on my way to check it out right now.

I love when I buy things at different times and they magically match perfectly. Sometimes I really want to be matchy-matchy so I think your matching scarf and top are wonderful. These jeans are awesome too. The button fly is such a cute detail and they're super flattering.